Tor Einar Hielm

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Tor Einar Hielm
BornNorway
NationalityNorwegian
Career history
2001Riska MSK
Individual honours
1987 Norwegian Championship
Team honours
1991 Speedway World Pairs Championship bronze medal

Tor Einar Hielm is a former international speedway rider from Norway. [1]

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Speedway career

Hielm was a champion of Norway, winning the Norwegian Championship in 1987. [2]

Hielm reached the final of the Speedway World Pairs Championship in the 1991 Speedway World Pairs Championship winning a bronze medal, [3] in addition to competing in the Nordic Speedway final on multiple occasions. [4] [5]

World Final appearances

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References

  1. "Dramatikk og fart på Riska". Stavanger Aftenblad. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  2. "Norway National Championship". Edinburgh Speedway Archive. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  3. "'For the Record' (1991)". The Times. 22 July 1991. Retrieved 11 July 2021 via Gale Primary Sources.
  4. "Glanz looks back in anger" . Reading Evening Post. 28 May 1988. Retrieved 26 August 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "Six of the best" . Reading Evening Post. June 1988. Retrieved 26 August 2024 via British Newspaper Archive.